The cascade emerges as a unifying gesture within the exhibition, threading through each work with a sense of motion that feels simultaneously fluid and interrupted. The works on view, created from repurposed materials partly sourced in Berlin, reflect O’Brien’s sensitivity to material histories and an interest in the interplay between the personal and the found, weaving local narratives into his broader exploration of space and form. In O’Brien’s practice gestural repetition is reminiscent of the dynamism found in Futurist painting.
The fractured forms and layered materials suggest movement captured mid-stream, as if the works themselves were animated or imbued with an internal rhythm that propels them beyond their material confines.
Capitain Petzel
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